The researchers looked at 3.6 million deaths between 2008 and 2019 across the sample areas, and overlapped them with a detailed map of the distribution of PM 2.5
Even in the Himalayan town of Shimla, which had the cleanest air among the cities studied, 3.7 per cent of all deaths were pollution related, the study found | Photo: Bloomberg
The death toll from India’s air pollution is elevated even in cities previously thought to have relatively clean air, underscoring how the problem extends beyond megacities such as Delhi, according to a study in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health.
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Thursday’s report shed new light on the pervasive nature of the country’s air-quality crisis.
